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Old 03-27-2006, 03:47 PM
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Default Spread vs commission?

Is a spread another name for a brokers commission?

Sorry if my questions are dumb but I'm looking into this.

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Old 03-27-2006, 04:03 PM
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Default Re: Spread vs commission?

A spread is the difference between income and cost so yeah you can read it that way.

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Old 07-05-2006, 10:47 AM
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Default Re: Spread vs commission?

What about another trading term - pip - what is this?
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Old 07-11-2006, 12:20 PM
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Default Re: Spread vs commission?

Here you go:

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The smallest price change that a given exchange rate can make. Since most major currency pairs are priced to four decimal places, the smallest change is that of the last decimal point - for most pairs this is the equivalent of 1/100 of one percent, or one basis point.


Investopedia Says: For example, the smallest move the USD/CAD currency pair can make is $0.0001, or one basis point. The smallest move in a currency does not always need to be equal to one basis point, but this is generally the case with most currency pairs.
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